This issue of hunting endangered wild animals like elephants, rhinos, tigers etc is not about private enterprise either. I’m an unapologetic pro-business, free-market guy and am hoping to make a living out of it.
Simply put, you cannot use property/resources that is not owned by you. For example, you can’t go to a zoo and steal panda cubs simply because you feel like it or you were commanded by God. The animals not owned by you are not your property and you can’t do anything about it, period.
Solution? Raise your own elephants and rhinos, inside your own compound, for their tusks and horns. Offer recreational hunting to hunters, in your own compound, and make money. No problem. But, don’t tell me it is free-enterprise to go around and kill wild animals in their natural habitat.
The habitat doesn’t belong to the elephants; it belongs to private individuals and governments in Africa. Those who manage their share of the habitat well allow hunting. Where hunting ISN’T allowed, the elephants are basically worthless, the habitat gets put to other uses, and the elephants die out.
The government sets the fee, the government owns the animals and the property in Africa. If it is private property, the fee is still set by and collected by the government.
The fee is then used to continue the management of a healthy elephant herd. That of course, only occurrs in countries that allow hunting. In those that don't, elephants are indeed endangered.
Your lack of knowledge and critical thought are really evident in your post.